AN ACT REQUIRING PRESCRIPTION DRUG LABELS IDENTIFYING GENERIC DRUG PRODUCTS.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 815*
*January Session, 2005*		LCO No. 1981

Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
SEN. HARTLEY, 15th Dist. (By Request)

AN ACT REQUIRING PRESCRIPTION DRUG LABELS IDENTIFYING GENERIC DRUG PRODUCTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require that, when a pharmacist substitutes a generic drug product for a prescribed drug product, the pharmacist shall clearly label the prescription container with the generic name of the drug product along with the name of the drug manufacturer.

Statement of Purpose:

To avoid consumer confusion about generic drug products.